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Yes, we, the people, cannot continue to accept this lack of accountability and transparency that is the culture of this PNM administration, this wanton squandermania, this depleting of the national patrimony in the name of progress and development, this spiriting away of billions of dollars, as if money is no problem.

—TrinidadExpress Today's News

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prodigious squandering (usually by a government)

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All he has to do is object to the Dems 'squandermania. — Latest Articles
Maurice Hayes should go to jail for this kind of waste of taxpayers money - as should successive Ministers who authorised the squandermania — Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52
I wonder will Cowen finally apologise for the squandermania he practiced as Minister for Finance? — Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52
Yes, we, the people, cannot continue to accept this lack of accountability and transparency that is the culture of this PNM administration, this wanton squandermania, this depleting of the national patrimony in the name of progress and development, this spiriting away of billions of dollars, as if money is no problem. — TrinidadExpress Today's News
You see he has three cars, but as there's been such a fuss about waste lately and he's so prominent in the anti-squandermania campaign, he prefers to keep only one car in his own name You don't mean to sit there and tell me you're talking about the Secretary for Foreign Affairs Yes, of course. — Mr. Prohack